1 Maccabees 8:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And for all this none of them did ever put on a diadem, neither did they clothe themselves with purple, to be magnified thereby:

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Yet even with all this, not one of them has put on a crown or worn purple as a mark of pride.

And of all these, none wore a diadem or was clothed in purple, to be magnified in this.

And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.

In spite of all this, no Roman ever tried to advance his own position by wearing a crown or putting on royal robes.

For all this, none of them ever put on a crown, neither did they clothe themselves with purple, as a display of grandeur.

its rulers don't show off by wearing crowns or purple robes.